Saw filing machine



Feb. 9, 1943. I 4 5 5, COLLIER 1 2,310,517

I I sAw' FILING MACHINE Filed Aug. :5, 1940 Y s Sheets-Sheet 1 [An/ ame FREEMAN t. COLL use,

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SAW FILING MACHINE Filed Aug. 5, i940 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 iiliii as v 73 I ,VIZNVEAIITOBV fieEEMA/v E. COLL/EB ATrazNEYJ Feb. 9, 1943.

F. E. COLLIER 2,310,517

SAW FILING MACHINE Filed Aug 3, 1940 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 N l/EN TOE FREEMAN 5 C04 L/EE J F- I @1441 YM ATTORNE Patented Feb. 9, 1943 are SAW FILING- MACHINE Application August 3, 1940, Serial No. 350,577

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to saw filing machines and more particularly to improvements in saw filing machines of the type shown in my prior Patent No. 1,728,393. In machines of this character, the saw being filed is supported for traversing movement with respect to the file, and such movement is imparted to the saw by a pawl mechanism which is periodically moved during operation of the machine. The present invention is particularly directed to improvements in the saw and file supporting means and in the pawl mechanism whereby the saw is moved as desired without erratic action due to the lodging of saw filings in delicately adjusted portions of the mechanism, and the motion controlled accurately for saws of various types.

It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a saw filing machine in which the parts are so arranged as to be free from interference and wear due to saw filings which inevitably accumulate during the saw filing operation.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a saw filing machine in which the saw filing mechanism may be quickly and easily adjusted for saws having various sizes of teeth.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved saw supporting means capable of tightly gripping the saw during filing and of gripping the saw with lesser force during progressing movement of the saw.

It is a more specific object of the invention to provide a saw filing machine in which the movable elements of the saw filer are all carried at an elevation above the saw whereby saw filings are prevented from lodging on such mechanisms and to provide in such a machine improved saw carrying mechanisms whereby the saw be moved endwise free from interference by saw filings, and in which the jointing guide and pawl mechanism may be accurately and quickly changed to accommodate saws of various types and accurately held in adjusted position.

These and other objects of the invention inherent in the apparatus illustrated and described will be apparent from the drawings in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevational View.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevational view taken along the lines 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary front elevational view of the portions of the apparatus shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary viewpartly in section taken along the lines 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan View partly in section of the saw clamping apparatus.

Throughout the drawings, the same numerals refer to corresponding parts.

Referring now to the drawings: The apparatus consists of a bed plate, generally designated It, which is formed with a horizontal portion II and a downwardly turned front edge portion l2, which is adapted to be placed upon and bolted to a work bench or table T by means of bolts I3 and M.

Upon the bed plate, there is mounted a main frame member, generally designated 26, which is provided with a pair of vertically arranged ways 2| and 22, positioned at the front and the back of the main frame member 20. Preferably, these ways are round steel rods and are supported so as to receive a carrier mechanism, generally designated 25. The carrier mechanism slides vertically upon the ways and is normally held in the down position by means of springs 24, which surround the way rods 2!22 above the carrier mechanism.

Referring particularly to Figure 5, it will be noted that the carrier mechanism 25 is provided at its upper portion with a horizontally disposed Way 251 composed of opposed V-shaped guides 21 and 23. The guide 28 is attached to the carrier mechanism portion 21 by means of screws 29, and the portion 28 is provided with an adjustable gib 3!, which may be moved toward and away from the V-notch of portion 2! by means of screws 32, which are locked in adjusted position by means of lock nuts 33.. The horizontal ways 2l-23 of the carrier mechanism are shaped to receive the upper portion 35 of the file carrying arm, generally designated All. The file arm slides back and forth in the ways 27-28. The file arm is provided with a central vertically aligned opening 33 and with a forwardly extending file arm portion 42. The file arm portion is provided with openings to receive front and rear file mounting brackets Q3 and 54 upon which the file F is mounted.

It will accordingly be seen that the file F may be moved up and down by virtue of the vertical reciprocating motion of the carrier member 25 as the latter moves on the vertical ways 2 |22, and that the file arm 42 may be provided with a reciprocating horizontal motion by virtue of the to and fro motion of the portion 35 of the file arm All in the horizontal ways 27-28 of the carrier.

In order to provide the filing motion, the main frame member is provided with a shaft 48 (see Figure 5) which is arranged to be rotated by means of a large gear wheel 49. The latter meshes with a small pinion gear 56, directly connected to a large V-belt drive pulley 52, and the latter is driven from the pulley 53 of motor M. The motor M is mounted upon a carrying bracket 54 attached to the upper portion of frame 20.

Upon the shaft 43, there is mounted an eccentric cam 55 and also an arm 56, which carries an eccentrically mounted roller 51 upon screw 59.

The cam 55 is shaped as shown in the dotted lines in Figure 1 and at its upper portion bears against a wear piece 58 of the carrier member 25. Accordingly, as the shaft 48 rotates, the cam 55 rides against the wear plate 58 and reciprocates the carrier member vertically upon the vertical ways 2| and 22. At the same time, the arm 56 carrying roller 51 turns with the cam, and the roller is located so that it moves in the vertically arranged slot'38 of the file arm 4|) and accordingly the file arm is moved backwards and forwards in the horizontal ways 21-28 synchronously as the carrier (and accordingly the file arms) are moved vertically due to the motion of cam 55.

The cam and roller 51 are so shaped and oriented that the file F is progressed forwardly until the file has reached an extreme forward position at which time the carrier member 25, and file arm 40, are raised and drawn backwardly until the file F has reached a rearmost position. The file is then lowered into place ready for another forward stroke.

The main frame 20 is provided with a small through shaft 34, which is journaled in the frame 2|] so as to be freely oscillatable. Upon one end of the shaft 34, there is fixedly attached a lever arm 35 having a roller 36 thereon. The gear wheel 49 is provided with an integrally formed eccentric cam 5| shaped as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 1. The cam has high and low portions, each approximately 180 of the circumference, and these bear against and control the position of roller 36, thereby oscillating arm 35 and shaft 34 through a small arc of motion for each rotation of shaft 48.

Upon the other end of shaft 34, there is fixedly mounted another arm 31 which extends forwardly of the machine, terminating in an operating knob 39, and therefore the arm 31 is raised and lowered through a small are for each rotation of shaft 48.

Since the file F is well below the level of the horizontal ways 21 and 28, there is little tendency for saw filings to lodge in the ways and accordingly the file arms operate smoothly and the ways are subjected to but very little wearing action. Even when such wear may occur, it may be compensated for by adjustment of the gib 3| by means of screws 32 and lock nuts 33.

The present apparatus is adapted for the filing of hand saws, band saws, and circular saws. The saw undergoing the filing operation is held in place by means of a saw clamp. enerally designated 60, which is attached to the forward downwardly turned portion I2 of the frame member III. The saw clamp 60 consists of a rear portion 6| to which, at the lower end, there is pivotally attached a front clamp member 62. The clamp member 62 has an inturned upper clamp tip'63. The clamp member 62 is arranged to be drawn towards the member 6| by means of a screw having a hand wheel and a lock wheel 66.

The tip 63 is provided with an angularly disposed drill hole 64 through which a pin 65 extends. The headed end of the pin extends outwardly, and the opposite end is attached to a movable clamp face 66, the clamp face being prevented from turning by a pair of protuberances 61 on the clamp face, which slide in suitable holes in the tip 63.

The front clamp 62 is provided with a fixed pivot mounting 1I upon which a bell crank lever 13 is pivoted. One end of the bell crank lever bears against the head of pin 65, while the other end is connected to a draw link 18 which extends downwardly to a lever 19 pivoted at bolt 8|.

The rod 18 is provided with a fixed collar 82 against which a spring 83 bears. The lever 19 bears against the spring 83 and is held tightly by'another spring 84, which is upon the lower portion of rod 18, the spring 84 in turn being held by nut 85. Thus flexibility of motion, within the limits of springs 83 and 84, is provided between lever 19 and rod 18.

To the rear end of lever 19, there is pivotally attached an upwardly extending rod 86, which extends through a hole in the front edge I2 of the base II). The rod 86 is threaded at its upper end to receive a pair of nuts 88 between which a semi-circular plate 89 is clamped, the plate 89 being positioned to be engaged by the operating knob 39 on lever 31.

Upon the frame member 60, there are mounted a pair of clips 68, and below each of the clips there is positioned a grooved roller 69. The clips 68 and rollers 69 are spaced apart so as to receive a saw carrying frame member 16, which has uniform width and thickness throughout its length. The frame member 10 is positioned so that its lower edge rides in the groove 12 of the rollers 69, and its upper edge is held from displacement by means of the clips 68. Upon the carrying frame member 10, there are a plurality of downwardly extending clamp pieces 14 in which there are vertical openings 15 formed to receive clamp members 16 and clamp bolts 11. The members 14, together with their clamp member 16 and bolts 11 are provided for holding the back edge of a hand saw S, which is shown in the light weight lines of Figure 2. The entire frame, consisting of member 10, and the member 14, together with the saw S then moves endwise during the filing operation.

The endwise movement of the saw is accomplished by means of a pawl mechanism, generally designated I 36. Two such pawl mechanisms are shown in Figure 2 and they are used alternati vely for movement of the saw either to the right or to the left depending upon the direction of the teeth of the particular saw undergoing filing.

Referring particularly to Figure 4, in which one of the pawl mechanisms is shown, it will be observed that the mechanism consists essentially of an upper frame bracket I6I, which is preferably made integrally with the portion 6| of the saw clamping member. The frame member IilI has a bell crank, generally designated I62, mounted thereon by means of a pivot I83. The bell crank has a forwardly extending arm I05 in which a thumb screw I66 is threaded. The forward end of the arm I05 is bifurcated and is arranged to be drawn together by means of a lock screw I08 so as to hold the thumb screw I56 in any adjusted position. Thedownwardly extending arm IIO of'the bell crank lever has aforwardly-extending portion II I, upon which apawl, generally desi-g nated H2, is mounted; The pawl II 2' is pivoted upon the member III at the pin H3, and has a downwardly extending tooth engaging portion I I 5;

To the upper portion of the pawl, there is pivot'ally connected a rod H8, which extends upwardly through an opening- H3 in the arm I05. Circumseribing the rod I I8, there is a spring H I, which is compressed as the pawl IH- 'is-raised, and accordingly, the pawl is normally forced downwardl'ytowards the saw. The position of the pivotal connection I26 between the rod H ll-and the pawl is such that when the pawl is; raised to the position of the right handpawl I-[Zof Figure 2, the spring" will be in the over-center position and will maintain the pawl raised-condition.

To the rear of the bell crank- I02 and pawl IIZ, there is mounted a jointing guide, generally designated I30, which is-previded with a pair of slots I31 and I32. The guid I36 is heldto the member ml by means of a mounting screw ['33, which passes through the slot f3 I. The jointing guide I30 may accordingly be moved endwise and also pivoted around the screw I33. The pivot screw I33 holds the jointing guide snugly but not so tightly that it cannot be moved under the infiuence of screw I38 described below Extending to the left from bracket IIII, as shown in Figure 4, there is a;- horizont'ally extending bracket member I35, which also carries aisupplementary bracket I36. The bracket [35 is formed to receive a vertical adjusting screw I38 which has a knurled upper portion I30,.and: the lower-end of the screw is provided with a headed pivot I40, which receives a bifurcated clip I42; the latter being attached to the jointing guide I30 by means of a through pin I43. Accordingly, as the screw I38 is turned, the clip I42 is moved upwardly or forced downwardly, according to the direction of turning, and the jointing guide may accordingly be very accurately moved with reference to the saw.

The forward end of the jointing guide I30 is provided with a downwardly curved surface I50 upon which a rearwardly extending pin I5I of the pawl H2 is arranged to ride. The carrier member 25, which as it will be recalled, moves vertically on the guides 2 I22, is provided with a forwardly and upwardly extending bracket portion I55 (see Figure 2), carrying a wear pad I56. The wear pad accordingly rises and falls periodically during the filing operation and as it rises, contacts the lower portion of adjusting screw I06 and causes the bell crank I02 to be moved in a counter-clockwise direction against the action of spring I58. This moves the pawl I I2 to the right as shown in Figure 4 and since the pawl is normally forced downwardly by means of spring I II, the pin I5I may ride upon the upper surface of the jointing guide I30 and the pawl will drop downwardly as determined by the forward downwardly curved surface I50 of the jointing guide. The shape of the jointing guide is such that the forward end of the pawl II5 will move forward over the near tooth and then drop abruptly downward into contact with the filed tooth of the saw which is accordingly moved to the right as shown in Figures 2 and 4, thus advancing the saw exactly one tooth space.

During this time, the file has been retracted and as the carrier member 25 is lowered under the action of the cam 55, the pad I56 is likewise lowered and therefore the bell crank I02 an'dthe attached pawl I I '2 email retracted under the influence of spring I58 out of the Way of the file F.

The retracted position of the bell crank lever I02 and pawl H2 is determined by means ofan adjustment screw I65, which is mounted in the bracket member I36. The screw I65 bears against the downwardly extending portion II 0 of the bell crank lever I 02- and determines its most retracted position.

In use, the saw S, to be filed, is mounted on cone H0 or in frame I0, and the saw clamp member 62 is drawn up snugly but not so tightly as to hold the saw immovably between anvil and clamp face 66. As the carrier frame 25 is raised and as the file arm 60- is retracted, the pawl mechanism operates to advance the saw one or two teeth asthe case may be, and during this time it is desired'that only a light clamping pressure be exerted by clamp face 66 upon the saw S, so asto hold it against anvil 86. During this portion of the movement, the low half of cam 5| (on gear wheel 49) is adjacent roller 36 on arm 35 (see Figures 1 and 5) and shaft 34 is oscillated clockwise as shown in Figure 1, thereby allowing rod 86 to move down and rod I8 to move up. This causes bell crank I3 also to rock in a clockwise direction and relieves pressure on pin 65, whereby the clamp face 66 seats against tip 63 ofclamp member 62. Accordingly, the only pressure upon the saw S'is' that established by clamp bolt 65-6 6'.

However, whennotching movement of the saw is complete and as the file descends'and begins its. stroke, it is desirable greatly to increase the clamping pressure on the saw, so as to prevent chattering and hold the saw against any endwise movement away from the file during filing. The added clamping" pressure is brought about as follows: 1

Just as the frame 25 is lowered by cam 55, the high part of cam 5I contacts roller 36, forcing the roller to the position shown in Figure 1. This causes lever 35, shaft 34 and lever 37 all to be moved in counter-clockwise direction (as viewed in Figure 1) whereupon knob 39 lifts plate 89 upwardly, drawing rod 86 upwardly. Through lever I9, and rod I8, this causes a countor-clockwise movement of bell crank lever I3 (a viewed in Figure 1) whichin turn tends to cause pin 65 to be moved towards anvil 80. Since pin 65 is fixedly attached to the clamp face 66 and since this is already under light clamping pressure against the saw S, the bolt 65 can move but very little towards the anvil 80. Consequently the relative motion of bolt 65 with respect to tip 63 has the effect of springing the entire arm 62 outwardly and since the arm is only slightly flexible, a heavy clamping pressure is developed between face 66 and the anvil 80. The springs 83-84, however, serve to limit the clamping pressure.

Thus, when the saw is being moved by the pawl mechanism 10, no excessive resistance or drag is imposed upon the saw by the saw clamp, but while filing, the saw is immovably iheld against chattering and endwise movement.

In previous apparatus of this character, it has been customary to mount the saw carrying frame Iii upon spaced fixed blocks. In the present apparatus, the weight of the member I0 is taken upon rollers 69 which turn as the member I0 is progressed. Even though the roller 69 are below the level of the file, the rotation of the rollers is such as to continuously dislodge filings, which may tend to lodge thereon, and accordingly the lodging of filings on rollers 69 does not occur with the result that the position of the saw is always accurately determined by the surface of the roller, and the saw is accordingly always accurately filed. This is a distinct advantage as compared with previous constructions wherein the way of the member T was carried upon slide blocks, which tended to accumulate saw filings thereby causing the saw carrying frame and the slide blocks to be worn during service with resultant looseness and dislodgement during filing, the looseness and dislodgement causing a deleterious inaccuracy in the filing.

The accuracy of the saw filing is further enhanced by the screw connection member I38 between the jointing guide I3U and the frame member I35, by means of which the jointing guide may be accurately positioned and held against dislodgement during the saw filing operation.

During the filing of the circular saw, the center of the saw is positioned at the cone surface I which may be vertically adjusted by mean of adjusting screw Ill having a handle I12.

Many obvious modifications may be made in the present apparatus without departing from the spirit of the invention illustrated, described and claimed.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a saw filing machine having a frame, a file mounted for reciprocating saw filing movement on said frame and means for progressively moving the saw undergoing filing, a variable pressure clamp for holding the saw lightly during progressive movement and tightly during filing comprising an anvil portion on the frame against which the saw undergoing filing is clamped and a clamping arm operable against a saw to force it against the anvil, said clamping arm having a pressure plate positioned to bear against the saw in line with the anvil, said pressure plate being slidably mounted on the arm, so as to be movable away from the arm and toward the anvil, a mechanical linkage positioned on the arm and connecting the pressure plate and a reciprocating part of the machine for forcing the pressure plate toward the anvil during saw filing movement and for releasing the pressure plate during saw progressing movement, and

means for adjusting the position of the clamp arm for adjusting the pressure of the pressure plate on the saw.

2. The combination set forth in claim 1 wherein the clamping arm is hingedly connected to the machine and the mechanical linkage has a corresponding hinge connection so as to permit the clamping arm to be swung away from the machine for placing a saw therein.

3. In a saw sharpening machine having a frame, a saw sharpening instrumentality mounted for saw sharpening movement relative to the saw undergoing sharpening, a variable pressure clamp for holding the saw lightly during progressive movement and tightly during sharpening comprising a clamping surface on the frame, and a clamping lever operable against the saw undergoing sharpening to force it against said clamping surface, a pressure plate mounted on the clamping arm for movement toward and away from the clamping surface and positioned to bear against the saw in line with said clamping surface, means for moving the arm toward the clamping surface,- and a mechanical linkage connecting the pressure plate of the clamping arm and a reciprocating part of the machine for forcing the pressure plate toward clamping surface so as to hold the saw immovable during sharpening and for releasing the pressure plate during saw progressing movement.

' FREEMAN E. COLLIER. 

